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Brandi Pessman (left), postdoctoral research associate in the School of Biological Sciences, and Eileen Hebets, George Holmes Professor of biological sciences.

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Model of the Art Chapel project. (We have more photos if you need them.)

Students help craft Art Chapel for Lincoln neighborhood

February 17, 2023

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Jeremiah Brown smiles for a photo at a desk in Architecture Hall

Architecture an opportunity to work with communities, give back for Brown

February 13, 2023

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Dena Abbott, assistant professor of counseling psychology, aims to examine pathways to atheism among demographic groups that are underrepresented in atheism studies. (Kyleigh Skaggs, CYFS)

Study explores paths to religious beliefs among underrepresented communities

February 10, 2023

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Carlos Ortega (left) and Julia Barrett (right) meet with Josh Monroe and Tom Whisinnand, teachers in the Omaha metro and co-hosts on the podcast "What the World Needs Now," to discuss what teaching looks like for them in Nebraska.

Ortega steps in front of camera to elevate teaching profession

February 8, 2023

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University of Nebraska–Lincoln students walk on a sidewalk near Louise Pound Hall, with snow covering the ground and tree branches.

6,900-plus Huskers named to fall Deans’ List

February 3, 2023

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With a four-year, $1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Nebraska historians (from left) Katrina Jagodinsky, William Thomas and Jeannette Eileen Jones, with collaborators from the College of Law Genesis Agosto, Jessica Shoemaker, Eric Berger, Danielle Jefferis and (not pictured) Catherine Wilson, will establish an academic program that enables undergraduate and graduate students to study how various marginalized groups in American history used the law to contest and advance their

Team earns $1M grant to bridge connections between history, civil rights

February 1, 2023

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Taeyeon Kim, assistant professor of educational administration, and Ted Hamann, courtesy professor of anthropology, are building a strong research team to focus on equity-driven accountability systems in K-12 education.

Researchers building statewide consensus on educational equity

January 30, 2023

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Rev. Zac Wolfe, left, Rebecca Baskerville, Associate Director for Experiential & Global Learning, and Bree Bell, a freshman in marketing from Omaha, unload food for the lunch crowd at Matt Talbot.

Nebraska U honors MLK with projects centered on hunger relief

January 26, 2023

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Students perform in the student dance project Dec. 10.

2025 a year of challenges, resilience

December 26, 2025

Gautham Takoo, a research technologist in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, snaps a photo of Sunhyoung Lee and her adviser, James Boviard, professor of educational psychology. Lee graduated with her doctorate in educational psychology.

University celebrates 1,175 graduates in December commencement

December 22, 2025

Two young men and two young women in uniform hold their right hands up to recite an oath during the undergraduate commencement ceremony Dec. 20 at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Five ROTC members receive military commissions

December 22, 2025

Husker discoveries, collaborations, insight made national news in 2025

December 26, 2025

Brandi Pessman (left), postdoctoral research associate in the School of Biological Sciences, and Eileen Hebets, George Holmes Professor of biological sciences.

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